| Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce
14th Annual Big Pine and Lower Keys Dolphin Tournament
 During
the weekend June 15 – 17th the Big Pine and Lower Keys
Dolphin Tournament hosted
202 anglers, fishing aboard 71 boats. 52% of the anglers traveled from outside
Monroe County. Captain’s meeting; weigh-in and the awards cookout by Mangrove’s
Mama’s
took place at the Sugarloaf Key Resort KOA. Sponsorships from the Dolphin Marina & Lodging,
Sugarloaf Key
Resort KOA, Jig’s Bait & Tackle, Big Pine & Lower Keys Rotary Key;
Key West Harbor, Hammerhead Termite Control, Sweetwater Homes, Keys Federal Credit
Union, Marine Bank, Chicago Title of the Florida Keys, Big Pine Storage, Rudy
Krause Construction and Lytton Construction contributed some of the many prizes,
giveaways and awards presented during the tournament.
Weigh
master, Dave Wiley and assistant weigh master, Captain Lenny
Svetin, weighed in 51 dolphin, 3 tuna and 3 wahoo, many of
the dolphin in the 15 to 30 lb range.
Trophies sponsored by Big Pine & Lower Keys Rotary & Florida
Keys & Key West Monroe
County Tourist Development Council; cash prizes and gift certificates were awarded
to:
Open Division : (179 anglers in this
division)
|
| Place / Name |
Weight/$Prize |
Boat Name |
1st Steven
Krieger,
Big Pine Key
2nd Teague Skaggs,
Big Pine Key
3rd Wade Graft,
Big Pine Key
4th Mark Wierda,
Cedar Key
5th Vernon Norris, Little Torch Key
6th Todd Cox, Winter Haven
7th John Germain, Little Torch Key
8th James Morton, Zephyr Hills
9th Ed Macko, Little Torch Key
10th Willie Haast, Cedar Key
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42.70
/ $3400
33.25
/ $1700
28.50
/ $ 850
24.95
/ $ 400
22.80
/ $ 300
22.20
/ $ 250
20.90
/ $ 200
20.50
/ $ 175
20.10
/ $ 150
19.90
/ $ 150 |
Finer Lines
Loan Shark
Hornet
Haastalavista
Don’t Panic
Total Perfection
Giant Strides
Uno Champ
Power Play
Haastalavista |
Custom Ricky Cuma, Shakespeare & Danor Rods with OKUMA Reels were donated by Jig’s Bait
& Tackle and trophies were awarded to:
Youth Division (23
anglers in this division) |
| Place / Name |
Weight |
Boat Name |
1st - Elmer
Williams,
Little Torch Key
2nd - Krystal Piper,
Cudjoe Key
3rd - Steven Thompson,
Marathon
|
20.95
20.30
18.25
|
Giant Strides
Hyper-Piper
Cat-n-Round
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Special Awards
A ceramic tile teak jewelry box and $200 cash sponsored by Jig’s Bait & Tackle
were given to Top Lady angler Jeannie
Johnson of Summerland Key; fishing aboard
the Double J who caught a 24.55 pound dolphin; a ceramic tile teak plaque and
$150 cash were given to 2nd Place
Lady Angler, Anna Mae White of Summerland Key;
fishing aboard the Bull Ship who caught a 21.30 pound dolphin and a gift certificate
to Nadine’s Day Spa and $100 cash
were given to 3rd Place Lady angler
Tonya Toro from Miami who caught a 20.5 pound
dolphin. Custom Ricky Rod and reel combo’s from Jig’s Bait & Tackle
went to Gordon Friss-Pettih of Big Pine Key, fishing aboard the R & R for
catching a 27.55 pound tuna and to David
Everett , fishing aboard the Strike
Zone for bringing in a 37.45 pound wahoo. A Hard
Luck award went to Zack Arcuri of Atlantic Beach, FL who was bested in the Youth Division by a “girl”.
It was announced the 15th Annual Big Pine & Lower Keys Dolphin Tournament
will be held June 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2008.
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